29210
Accession Number
23872
Title Of Article Chaper
Museum management and natural disasters
Title Of Journal Book
International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
231-235
Collation
2 refs.
Publisher City
Guildford, England
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Museums should not be sited in vulnerable positions (e.g., in the local flood plain) and should be built to the same construction standards as hospitals. All museums, including those which are well sited, need comprehensive disaster plans which consider both the building and its contents. Feilden provides a list of six administrative measures which form the basis of such a plan. An excerpt from the report prepared by the Director of the Corning Museum of Glassafter the 1972 flood specifies several disaster-related administrative concerns.
Keywords
Catastrophe, preparedness; Catastrophe, protection security; Cultural property, management; Museum, organization
pub_id
29210